SharePoint 2010 had a breadcrumb feature on the ribbon that would let a user navigate up the breadcrumb. In SharePoint 2013, this feature is hidden. In SharePoint 2013 the breadcrumb feature can be made visible again in at least two different ways: 1) via the Master Page -or- 2) via code. Breadcrumb in SharePoint 2010: [...]
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[SharePoint 2013] Using PowerShell to Set the Theme Color Palette of a SharePoint Site
SharePoint 2013 includes a pretty useful theming engine that is light years ahead of previous versions of SharePoint. There is one caveat that is a bit annoying: you cannot apply the themes to certain types of sites through the web interface. For instance, you cannot set the theme color of the My Site host. However, [...]
SharePoint 2013 RTM and Office 2013 RTM Available on MSDN
SharePoint 2013 RTM and Office 2013 RTM are now available for download on MSDN. John ChapmanHello, I’m John Chapman. I am a SharePoint Developer for NewsGator living in Denver, Colorado. I develop solutions using ASP.NET, C#, jQuery, SQL, SharePoint, etc, and I thrive on the challenge of writing code to overcome the impossible, annoying, or [...]
[SharePoint 2013] Adding Links to the Suite Bar (Newsfeed, SkyDrive, Sites) By Overriding the SuiteLinksDelegate Delegate Control
SharePoint 2013 features a new set of links called the Suite Bar Links that are displayed in the top right corner of every SharePoint page. By default these links include “Newsfeed”, “SkyDrive”, and “Sites”. When first seeing this links my first thought was “how do I change them?”. In exploring the master page, we can [...]
[SharePoint 2010 / 2013] Display Messages Using the SharePoint Status Bar (Status Setter)
SharePoint 2010 and 2013 have a very useful control for displaying status messages, the SPPageStatusSetter. The SPPageStatusSetter can be used to provide the end user messages in the same fashion that the SharePoint UI does to provide a more cohesive experience. The status bar comes in four flavors: Blue – For informational type messages Green [...]
[SharePoint 2013] No More In-Place Upgrades
With SharePoint 2013 Microsoft has decided to remove the option for in-place upgrades from the previous version. This means that upgrading from previous versions of SharePoint will require building a new SharePoint 2013 environment and migrating all of the databases from SharePoint 2010 by attaching them to the new 2013 farm. There is a step-by-step [...]
[SharePoint 2007/2010/2013] Identify Version of SharePoint Programmatically
With SharePoint 2013, Microsoft has introduced a small monkey wrench in where solution files get deployed when mapped to the LAYOUTS (/_layouts) folder. Files in SharePoint 2007 and 2010 would simply be deployed under the /_layouts folder. With SharePoint 2013, however, these same files are now deployed under /_layouts/15. Not really a big deal if [...]
[SharePoint 2013] New Geolocation Column Type in SharePoint Lists
SharePoint 2013 introduces a new geolocation (for mapping a location) field type that can be used in lists and libraries. By default Bing Maps is used. However, a custom field type can be created with the geolocation base type to use other services like Nokia Maps. Adding a new geolocation column is currently not available [...]
